The Murder in Thornton Square ( Gaslight ) ( A Strange Case of Murder (Angel Street) )

The Murder in Thornton Square (Blu-Ray) (*)

$23.99

Original Title: Gaslight
Alternate Title: A Strange Case of Murder (Angel Street)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1940 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Thorold Dickinson

Written By:
Patrick Hamilton
A.R. Rawlinson

Actors:
Anton Walbrook ..... Paul Mallen
Diana Wynyard ..... Bella Mallen
Frank Pettingell ..... Rough
Cathleen Cordell ..... Nancy
Robert Newton ..... Ullswater
Jimmy Hanley ..... Cobb
Minnie Rayner ..... Elizabeth
Marie Wright ..... Alice Barlow
Aubrey Dexter ..... House Agent
Mary Hinton ..... Lady Winterbourne
Angus Morrison ..... Pianist
Jack Barty ..... Chairman of Music Hall
The Darmora Ballet ..... Dancers

Synopsis:

Twenty years ago, old Mrs. Barlow was killed in her home at 12, Pimlico Square for her priceless rubies. The murderer searched the whole house without finding them, then disappeared. The house has been empty since then, but now Paul and Bella Mallen move into the apartment. Bella Mallen suffers from forgetfulness and nervousness - at least that is what her husband tells her. An elderly horse wrangler, B.G. Rough worked as a policeman twenty years ago and still remembers the unsolved case. He notices that Mr. Mallen looks just like Louis Barre, Mrs. Barlow's nephew. And why does Mr. Mallen mysteriously leave every night just to go into the apartment next door, no. 14?

In London, at Pimlico Square 12, the ancient lady Alice Barlow (Marie Wright) is brutally killed and her famous rubies miss. Because of the murder, the house stays empty for twenty years, when Paul Mallen (Anton Walbrook) and his sick wife Bella (Diana Wynyard) move to the place. Bella apparently had a nervous breakdown, having problems with her memory and becoming kleptomaniac. When the retired policeman B.G. Rough (Frank Pettingell) sees Paul Mallen on the street, he immediately recognizes him as being Louis Bauer, the nephew and killer of Alice Barlow. He decides to find evidences to prove that Paul and Louis are the same man, while Bella is being driven mad and menaced of being interned in an asylum by her husband.

Twenty years after the murder of Alice Barlow, her house is finally occupied again. However, the husband of the couple who have moved in has a secret which he will do anything to keep hidden.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 29 November, 2016.